They want team colors and designs that fit them.

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The new collection is comprised of nine different pairs of socks in various team colors, featuring iconic photos of 10 basketball greats: Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dennis Rodman, Kenny Smith, Bill Walton, James Worthy, and one pair that features both John Sockman Stockton and Karl Malone.

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The Nets are encouraging a "blackout, " asking fans to wear black, one of the team's colors.

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Arason said Red River has a tradition of wearing a different color for each of the three days of the state tournament in accordance with the team's colors.

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"You always have big rivalries like this with neighbours, take USA-Mexico, or Holland-Germany, Korea-Japan, " he said, as the team filed onto the team bus painted the colors of the Iranian flag.

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Eight jets from the Patrouille Acrobatique de France, an aerial display team, flew overhead trailing the NATO colors of blue and white.

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But a college team offers far more: not just the colors, the region and the mascot but educational values, professional ties, group and community associations, old friends and memories.

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The team wears red and white instead of more "tigery" colors, but that can't be helped.

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Fabindia's team of designers to this day provide most of the designs and colors.

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